Was a yes-man
Was able to
Was able to acquire, informally
Was able to answer on a test
Was able to laugh at
Was able to place
Was able to reach
was able to see the Holy Grail
Was about to blow up
Was about to fall over
Was about to nod, maybe
Was absent from
Was absent, yet recast? Not Stan Laurel
was absolutely obsessed with the girl
Was absolutely sure
Was absorbed in thought
Was abundant
Was acceptable
Was acceptable to
Was accepted
Was accepted as a member
Was accepted by
Was accommodating
Was acquainted with
Was acquainted with an antelope?
Was active at an auction
Was addicted to
Was adequate
Was adjacent to
Was admitted
Was admitted to
Was adventurous
Was affected by
Was affected by too heavy a weight, say
Was afflicted with
Was afoot
Was afraid of losing
Was against
Was agitated
Was ahead
Was ahead in points
Was ahead of everyone else
Was ahead of the rest
Was all over social media
Was all smiles
Was allowed to pay later
Was almost out of stock
Was amazed by, with "at"
Was an accountant?
Was an adorer
Was an agent, say
Was an aggressive baserunner
Was an awful night watchman
Was an awful security guard
Was an errant driver?
Was an informant
Was an obedient dog
Was an obedient dog, in a way
Was an obedient dog, perhaps
Was an obedient doggie, in a way
Was an omen of
Was angry to the max
Was angry, informally
Was annoying to
Was anti-weed?
Was apparently lit
Was appealing
Was appealing?
Was apprehensive of
Was armed, in old-fashioned slang
Was around
Was arraigned
Was artificially cooled, for short
Was as good as
Was aswarm
Was at fault
Was at one time, but ___ now
Was at the Colosseum?
Was at the forum?
Was at the front
Was at the helm
Was atop
Was atrocious
Was attentive
Was attractive (to)
Was attractive?
Was audibly impressed
Was audibly pleased
Was awarded
Was aware
Was aware of
Was aware that doing something was bad
Was awesome
Was awful
Was awful at the Improv
Was awful, in slang
Was babbling
Was bad
Was bankrupt, say
Was barely heard
Was beaten by
Was bedbound
Was begging for a citation
Was behind
Was behind a register, maybe
Was behind in the match
Was behind schedule
Was behind the wheel
Was behind, in a way
Was beholden to
Was belligerent
Was benched
Was benched, say
Was beside
Was best in the Olympics
Was bested
Was bested by
Was biased
Was bleeped on TV
Was blessed with longtime good fortune
Was blinding
Was boiling mad
Was boisterous
Was bold
Was bold enough
Was boring, as a meeting
was born Trajan Year conquered Dacia
Was boss of
Was bossy?
Was bought
Was brave enough
Was Breathalyzed
Was bright
Was bright, as the sun
Was brilliant
Was brimming
Was broad on the boards
Was broadcast
Was brought back out for airing
Was bugged in winter?
Was buoyant
Was busy
Was busy at a bee?
Was canned
Was capable of
was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
WAS carried
Was carried by, as a bus
Was certain
Was certain of
Was charitable
Was charmed, with "out"
Was charming?
Was chauffeured
Was checkmated
Was chicken, say
Was circumlocutory
Was clad in
Was close to failure
Was clothed in
Was cognizant of
Was colossally bad
Was compassionate
Was compatible
Was compelled
Was completely exhausted
Was completely indifferent
Was completely uninformed
Was concerned
Was concerned (with)
Was confirmed to be true
Was connected
Was considered special
Was consistently in the hole?
Was conspicuous
Was constantly anxious
Was constructive?
Was contingent
Was contingent (on)
Was contrite
Was contrite over
Was conveyed
Was coquettish
Was coquettish with
Was corrosive
Was covered by
Was covetous
Was crabby
Was cranky
Was crazy about
Was creative
Was creepily looky-looky
Was crooked
Was curious
Was curious (about)
Was cut down
Was dauntless
Was dead to the world
Was deceitful
Was deceptive, in a way
Was decisive
Was decked out in
Was deeply affected, maybe
Was deeply agitated
Was defeated by
Was defiant, in a way
Was deflected
Was dependent
Was dependent (on)
Was destined to fail
Was diffused throughout
Was dignified in a tough situation
Was diminished
Was disadvantaged
Was discontinued
was discovered in radioactive form as a fission product of uranium
Was disgusted
Was dishonest with, in a way
Was disloyal to
Was disobedient to
Was disrespectful
Was dizzy
Was done
Was doomed from day one
Was dormant
Was down a lot, maybe
Was down with
Was down with a bug
Was down with something
Was drained of color
Was drawn to
Was dressed in
Was driven
Was duly humiliated
Was duplicitous
Was durable
Was eager for
Was eager to do
Was effective
Was effusive
Was effusive with flattery
Was elected
Was embarrassed
Was emboldened
Was emphatic
Was enamored of
Was enamored with
Was encouraged
Was enraged